Vocabulary Overview

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The Vocabulary tab provides access to features that allow you to:

  • select or change your current vocabulary

  • turn on Vocabulary Builder to start with a few words and then grow vocabulary

  • modify vocabulary settings

  • modify, copy, and paste buttons using the Editor

  • customize vocabulary pages

  • set up word prediction and add or exclude predicted words

  • use data logging to monitor how the user is progressing with language growth

To access the Vocabulary tab, go to Menu > Toolbox > Vocabulary.

The Toolbox is shown with the Vocabulary tab selected and vocabulary tiles displayed for customizing a vocabulary.

Select a Vocabulary

The Select a Vocabulary window lists the vocabularies available on your device. As you customize vocabularies, they are automatically saved and listed under My Vocabularies.

  1. Go to Menu > Toolbox > Vocabulary > Select a Vocabulary. The Select a Vocabulary window lists available vocabulary language systems and highlights the current language system or My Vocabularies. When My Vocabularies is highlighted, a customized vocabulary is the current vocabulary.

    The Select a Vocabulary window shows the My Vocabularies tile selected.

  2. Select a language system. The Vocabulary Programs window lists the vocabularies that are available in that language system. If you select My Vocabularies, all customized vocabularies that have been saved are listed. The current vocabulary is followed by a checkmark. The other vocabularies are followed by Choose buttons.

  3. When the list includes more than one page, use the paging arrows to move between the pages.

  4. Select the Choose button for the vocabulary you want to open.

    Note: To delete a vocabulary, select the delete icon for the vocabulary you want to delete.

  5. Select Finished. The vocabulary you selected is now active.


Create a New Vocabulary

  1. Go to Menu > Toolbox > Vocabulary > Select Vocabulary > My Vocabularies.

  2. Select Create New.    

  3. Select the Name your Vocabulary box to display a keyboard. Enter a name for your vocabulary and select Finished.

  4. Define the number of buttons for the vocabulary by using the Rows and Columns + and buttons.

  5. If you want the vocabulary layout to include an activity window, turn on Include Activity Window.

  6. Select Create and Edit. A message indicates that the vocabulary was created successfully and the vocabulary layout you defined will open in the Editor.

  7. Use the Editor features to add content to your page. For example, select Edit, select a button location, and add a message, label, symbol, and action and set the colors you want.

  8. When you finish adding content or need to save your work in progress to come back to later, select Save. Your new vocabulary will be listed in the My Vocabularies window.